Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 12 km
Ascend 121 m
Descend 105 m

Explore Copenhagen in Denmark with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in CopenhagenIndividual Sights in Copenhagen

Sight 1: Gefion Fountain

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The Gefion Fountain is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. It features a large-scale group of oxen pulling a plow and being driven by the Norse goddess Gefjon. It is located in Nordre Toldbod area next to Kastellet and immediately south of Langelinie.

Wikipedia: Gefion Fountain (EN)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Frihedsmuseet

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The Freedom Museum is located in Churchill Park in Copenhagen, Amalienborg, Kastellet and Langelinie. The museum’s official name is the Museum of Denmark’s Freedom Fight 1940-1945 and the Museum of Danish Resistance Duration World War II.

Wikipedia: Frihedsmuseet (DA), Website

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Churchillparken

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Churchillparken

Churchillparken is a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark, occupying a tract of land between Kastellet, a 17th-century fortress, and the street Esplanaden. Located on the former esplanade which used to surround Kastellet, the area has a long history as a greenspace but received its current name in 1965 to commemorate Winston Churchill and the British assistance in the liberation of Denmark during World War II.

Wikipedia: Churchillparken (EN)

790 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Eidsvoll Plads

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Eidsvoll Plads is a place in the inner city of Copenhagen. The site got its name on May 17, 2014 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Norway's Constitution, which was passed on Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814.

Wikipedia: Eidsvoll Plads (DA)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Den Frie Udstilling

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Den Frie Udstilling

Den Frie Udstilling is a Danish artists' association, founded in 1891 by artists in protest against the admission requirements for the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Modeled on the Salon des Refusés, it is Denmark's oldest association of artists. Now located on Copenhagen's Oslo Plads next to Østerport Station, it works as an arts centre, continuing to exhibit works created and selected by contemporary artists rather than those chosen by cultural authorities.

Wikipedia: Den Frie Udstilling (EN)

683 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Esajas Kirke

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Esajas Kirke

Isaiah Church is a Lutheran church in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Wikipedia: Isaiah Church (EN)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Hirschsprung Collection

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The Hirschsprung Collection is an art museum located on Stockholmsgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in a parkland setting in Østre Anlæg, near the Danish National Gallery, and houses a large collection of Danish art from the 19th and early 20th century. The emphasis is on the Danish Golden Age, from 1800 to 1850, but also the Skagen Painters and other representatives of the Modern Breakthrough are well represented.

Wikipedia: Hirschsprung Collection (EN)

862 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Fredens Park

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Fredens Park

Fredens Park is a park in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. The park is located along Fredensgade and between Amorparken by Rigshospitalet and Sortedams Sø. The location by Fredensgade means that the park is not as suitable as a recreational area. The park was created in 1973 when the municipality demolished some housing blocks to make room for the Søringen project. However, this project was shelved in 1975 and the park was allowed to remain.

Wikipedia: Fredens Park (DA)

1151 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 9: Botanical Garden

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Botanical GardenEoghan OLionnain from Brussels, Belgium / CC BY-SA 2.0

The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly noted for its extensive complex of historical glasshouses dating from 1874.

Wikipedia: University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden (EN)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Worker's Museum

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The Workers Museum is a historical museum in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Wikipedia: The Workers Museum (EN), Website

870 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: Teater Grob

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Blaagaard Theater is a theater at Nørrebrogade in Copenhagen, which plays exclusively new Danish drama.

Wikipedia: Blaagaard Teater (DA), Website

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Folkets Park

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Folkets Park Orf3us / CC BY 3.0

Folkets Park is a small park in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, situated between Griffenfeldsgade and Stengade.

Wikipedia: Folkets Park, Copenhagen (EN)

492 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Evangeliekirken

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Evangeliekirken Claus B. Storgaard / CC BY-SA 2.5

Evangeliekirken is a church building at Worsaaesvej 5, Frederiksberg, which belongs to the Gospel Assembly, which is part of Pentecostal Church.

Wikipedia: Evangeliekirken (DA), Website

355 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Betlehemskirken

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Betlehemskirken Hideko Bondesen / CC BY-SA 2.5

Bethlehem Church is a church in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, located on Åboulevard, close to Peblinge Lake and the municipal border with Frederiksberg. Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint made the first sketches for the church but after his death it was completed by his son, Kaare Klint, and built from 1935 to 1937. Its style is remniscient of Grundtvig's Church, Jensen Klint's most famous work, which was also completed posthumously by Kaare Klint, although on a much smaller scale.

Wikipedia: Bethlehem Church, Copenhagen (EN)

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Druknestenen

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Druknestenen

Drowning stone is a granite memorial stone on Åboulevarden in Copenhagen, which is erected in memory of the accident on the night of November 27, 1812, in which six people were driving in Ladegårdsåen. Sisters-in-law Marie Henriques and Lise Magnus drowned when they, along with four others, drove into the river in the carriage. The company had attended the wedding of wholesaler Peter Mariboe at the property Rolighed, today with the address Rolighedsvej 21 in Frederiksberg.

Wikipedia: Druknestenen på Åboulevarden (DA)

766 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Brorsons Kirke

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Brorson's Church is a church located in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The church is named after Hans Adolph Brorson.

Wikipedia: Brorson's Church (EN)

654 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: De Døves Kirke

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De Døves Kirke

The Church of the Deaf or Deaf People's Church is a church in Copenhagen, on Falkonergårdsvej in the Frederiksberg Municipality.

Wikipedia: Church of the Deaf (EN), Website

1618 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 18: Godthaabskirken

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Godthaabskirken

Godthaab Church is a Church of Denmark parish church situated on Nyelandsvej in the northern part of the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Godthaab Parish takes its name from Godthaabsvej, the principal artery of the area.

Wikipedia: Godthaab Church, Copenhagen (EN)

909 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 19: Emmauskirken

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Emmauskirken

Emmaus Church is a private church under the Church of Denmark, with no associated parish. It belongs to the Deaconess Foundation and does not receive public subsidies. The church's congregation is all affiliated with the Deaconess Foundation, but everyone else is also welcome.

Wikipedia: Emmauskirken (DA)

1056 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 20: Frederiksberg Have

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Frederiksberg Havemalouette from Frederiksberg / Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY 2.0

Frederiksberg Gardens is one of the largest and most attractive greenspaces in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the adjacent Søndermarken it forms a green area of 64 hectares at the western edge of Inner Copenhagen. It is a romantic landscape garden designed in the English style.

Wikipedia: Frederiksberg Gardens (EN)

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